ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)

Faisan doré de la Chine (Golden pheasant of China)

Details

ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)
Faisan doré de la Chine (Golden pheasant of China)
signed BARYE, stamped VP below a crown, for Victor Paillard, the underside with red paint number 4658, on a verde marble plinth, the underside with paper inventory label numbered in red ink 1483
bronze, dark-brown patina
4 5/16 in. (11 cm.) high, excluding plinth

Literature

Poletti & Richarme, 2000, no. A194, p. 337

Lot Essay

Offered in the 1874 catalogue, the naturalistic interpretation and treatment of the pheasant's plumage are characteristic of Barye's late models. With its hollowed tree stump, Faisan doré de la Chine may also have been intended as a decorative match holder, or other functional object. After 1876, the model was edited by Brame.

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